Seven Reasons To Stop Writing Essays on [__________] is Killing the Church. 1. We are a resurrection people, so death is not an existential crisis for us or our institutions (easier said than realized, but yeah) 2. No one thing is killing the church 3. The church isnt actually something that can die. Its an institution that might end, but the people inside are what is living. 4. The articles are written with lazy generalizations (this too is a lazy generalization. back atcha). 5. There are so many different forms and ways of doing church. if you feel yours is unfaithful, go try some more ways. and then some more. 6. If were going to animate the church as a living entity, then the church is supposed to die, because nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky (~Kansas. or Ecclesiastes. Take your pick. Also, that rhymed.) 7. Numbered lists are so 2013 Buzzfeed.
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